SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1980
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OFFICERS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD TO ANSWER QUERIES AND ASSIST IN COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRES.
THE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE ASKED TO SUPPLY INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF EXISTING EMPLOYEES, FORECASTS OF ADDITIONAL NUMBERS, PEROID OF TRAINING GIVEN TO THEM AND OTHER PERSONNEL AND TRAINING MATTERS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRAINING BOARD, MR LARRY TCHOU, TODAY CALLED ON THE SELECTED ESTABLISHMENTS TO EXTEND FULL SUPPORT TO THE SURVEY BY COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRES AND RETURNING THEM TO THE TRAINING COUNCIL.
HE STRESSED THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WOULD BE PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
CREMATION PERMIT ISSUING OFFICES
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY ADVISED THAT FROM THURSDAY (DECEMBER 18) CREMATION PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED AT NEW LOCATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.
IN KOWLOON, APPLICATIONS FOR CREMATION PERMITS WILL BE PROCESSED AT THE INOCULATION CENTRE AT ROOM 529A, STAR HOUSE, TSIM SHA TSUI, IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AT THE LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC IN TSUEN WAN.
ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE PERMITS ARE ISSUED AT THE PORT HEALTH INOCULATION CENTRE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CENTRE POINT BUILDING, GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT BEGINNING FROM DECEMBER 22, ITS NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL OFFICE WILL BE MOVED FROM SAN PO KONG TO THE NEWLY COMPLETED SHA TIN LEK YUEN HEALTH CENTRE.
AT THE SAME TIME, PART OF THE NEW OUT-PATIENT CLINIC THERE WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE NEW YEAR.
THE HEALTH CENTRE IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS OF THE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR. WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL IN FEBRUARY, IT WILL PROVIDE A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT WITH SIX CONSULTING ROOMS, A FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE WITH TWO CONSULTING ROOMS, A COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRE, AS WELL AS ACCOMMODATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL OFFICE.
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